Developing Purchasing Strategies

Abstract

The concept of strategy as applied to purchasing has not attracted the attention of many writers in the management field. The reasons are not difficult to find. They reflect the diminished attention paid by top management and management academics to the purchasing field as a whole. The point has been made by Ammer that top management often perceives purchasing as performing a “passive” role: “His (the purchasing manager's) performance is considered to be satisfactory (a) if he operates his department efficiently (as measured by operating costs…) and (b) if he does not antagonise the executives who really do make a direct contribution to company objectives.”

Citation

Farmer, D. (1981), "Developing Purchasing Strategies", International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management, Vol. 11 No. 2/3, pp. 114-121. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb014498